Ron English Art
American, b. 1966
Ron English (b. 1959) is a pioneering American contemporary artist who explores the intersection of street art, brand imagery, superhero comics, art history, advertising, and politics. His cheeky interpretation of Pop Art comes alive in vibrant drawings, paintings, and murals. English’s imagery is found on the street, in museums, in movies, books, and television. His irreverent, imagined characters include MC Supersized, the obese fast-food mascot featured in Morgan Spurlock’s 2004 documentary Super Size Me, and Abraham Obama, a mischievous hybrid of the 16th and 44th U.S. presidents. Sociocultural commentary underscores his work, exemplified by his iteration of Ronald McDonald as a western culture “Buddha” gorging McDonald’s to expose the insatiable slothfulness of consumerism.
English transformed his early experience as an art reproducer to become a founding co-creator of illegal public art campaigns in the early 1980s. His controversial street art activities are the subject matter and explored extensively in POPaganda - The Art & Crimes of Ron English, a documentary directed by Pedro Carvajal. An acclaimed outlaw artist, English never became an official member, but he has participated with the Billboard Liberation Front, which practices culture jamming by altering billboards to change keywords and radically alter the message, often to make an anti-corporate statement. He frequently targets corporations and their mascots, including Joe Camel and Mickey Mouse. English seeks to inspire people to question consumer capitalism through his exaggerated, grotesque characters.
English is a masterful oil painter working in a photorealist style. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Texas in Denton, and an MFA from The University of Texas, English moved to New York City, where he apprenticed with several artists and started selling his own work. English reworks art historical imagery, such as depictions of Picasso’s Guernica, as a template to explore universal issues. English’s work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Paris, the Whitney Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Paterson Museum in Paterson, New Jersey. He has exhibited at the Station Museum in Houston and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington DC. In November of 2021, English’s enormous immersive installation Sugar Circus opened an exhibition at The Nest in Q Plex in Nanshan District in Shenzhen, China. His work has been featured in solo and group shows around the world.to
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Artist: Ron English
Collaboration with Staple Vinyl Pigeon Grin Sculpture Ron English Rainbow Pop
By Ron English
Located in Draper, UT
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Red Elvis, Screenprint by Ron English
By Ron English
Located in Long Island City, NY
Portfolio: Urban Pop Portfolio (1972-2012)
Date: 2012
Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of AP III/XVI
Image Size: 32.75 x 26.5 inches
Size: 39 x 29.5 in. (99.06 x 74...
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Signs Of Crime (Seafoam)
By Ron English
Located in Toronto, ON
24" x 24" Unframed
Archival UV-Cured Print on Varnished HD Aluminum Panel of 100
Hand Signed by Ron English
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21st Century and Contemporary Ron English Art
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Archival Pigment
Signs Of Crime (Orange)
By Ron English
Located in Toronto, ON
24" x 24" Unframed
Limited Edition Print Mounted on Aluminum of 100
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21st Century and Contemporary Ron English Art
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Archival Pigment
tribute to Andy
By Ron English
Located in PARIS, FR
Mix Media Resin Painted and Synthetic Wig
The vanity, 35cm high, come inside a protective plexyglass cap with LED , 65cm high x 54cm large x 45cm deep and stand on a base with mirror...
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vanity StarWars
By Ron English
Located in PARIS, FR
Mix Media Resin Painted Chromed and DiamondsStrass
The vanity, 35cm high, come inside a protective plexyglass cap with LED , 65cm high x 54cm large x 45cm deep and stand on a base w...
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tribute to Andy
By Ron English
Located in PARIS, FR
Mix Media Resin Painted and Synthetic Wig
The vanity, 35cm high, come inside a protective plexyglass cap with LED , 65cm high x 54cm large x 45cm deep and stand on a base with mirror...
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Rainbow Elvis II
By Ron English
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Ron English
Rainbow Elvis II
2012
Monoprint Hand-painted Screenprint with Watercolor Dyes
37 1/2 x 17 in.
Unique
Pencil signed & numbered
Accompanied wi...
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2010s Street Art Ron English Art
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Screen
Combrat Boy
By Ron English
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Ron English
Combrat Boy
2015
3D Lenticular archival inks on PETG Plastic
36 x 24 in.
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered on verso
Accompanied with COA by G...
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2010s Street Art Ron English Art
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Lenticular
$10,800
tribute to Andy
By Ron English
Located in PARIS, FR
Mix Media Resin Painted and Synthetic Wig
The vanity, 35cm high, come inside a protective plexyglass cap with LED , 65cm high x 54cm large x 45cm deep and stand on a base with mirror...
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2010s Pop Art Ron English Art
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Resin
vanity StarWars
By Ron English
Located in PARIS, FR
Mix Media Resin Painted Chromed and DiamondsStrass
The vanity, 35cm high, come inside a protective plexyglass cap with LED , 65cm high x 54cm large x 45cm deep and stand on a base w...
Category
2010s Pop Art Ron English Art
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Resin
vanity StarWars
By Ron English
Located in PARIS, FR
Mix Media Resin Painted Chromed and DiamondsStrass
The vanity, 35cm high, come inside a protective plexyglass cap with LED , 65cm high x 54cm large x 45cm deep and stand on a base w...
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Ron English, born 1966 in Dallas, Texas, is a contemporary artist. His focus is on advertising and popular brand imagery. He invented the name POPaganda for his unique style. His art features a mash-up of high and low cultural touchstones, including comic superhero mythology and totems of art history. He is considered important in the advancement of street art away from traditional wild-style lettering. Clever statements and masterful trompe l'oeil based art is his way of art. Since the 1980s, he has created illegal murals and billboards.
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